MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20150301738A1
• Filed: 05/14/2015
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: NISHIGAKI, Atsuo
• Application Number:
  US14/712,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20150301738A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A mobile terminal device and methods are disclosed. A display module includes a display surface. An operation receiving module receives a first operation and a second operation from a user. A control module configured to set a locked state, release the locked state if the first operation and the second operation are received, display a predetermined screen in a first display direction associated with the first release operation if the first release operation is received, and display the predetermined screen in a second display direction associated with the second release operation if the second release operation is received.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal device, comprising:

a display module including a display surface;

an operation receiving module configured to receive a first operation and a second operation from a user, the second operation being different from the first release operation; and

control module configured to;

set a locked state, in which receiving of at least a part of operations from a user is restrained,

release the locked state and display a predetermined screen in a first display direction associated with the first release operation, if the first release operation is received, and

release the locked state and display the predetermined screen in a second display direction associated with the second release operation, if the second release operation is received, the second display direction being different from the first display direction.

2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the control module displays a release screen for releasing the locked state on the display surface, and

the operation receiving module receives the first release operation and the second release operation on the release screen.

3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 2, wherein

the operation receiving module receives a touch operation with respect to the display surface,

the release screen comprises a first release object and a second release object to be operated,

the first release operation comprises a touch operation accompanying movement of a touch position with respect to the first release object, and

the second release operation comprises a touch operation accompanying movement of a touch position with respect to the second release object.

4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 3, wherein

the first release object comprises display indicating the first display direction, and

the second release object comprises display indicating the second display direction.

5. The mobile terminal device according to claim 2, wherein

the operation receiving module receives a touch operation with respect to the display surface,

the release screen comprises a release object to be operated,

the first release operation comprises a touch operation accompanying movement of a touch position with respect to the release object, and

the second release operation comprises a touch operation accompanying movement of a touch position with respect to the release object in a direction different from a direction of the first release operation.

6. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein

the first display direction is a direction from an upper side of the mobile terminal device to a lower side of the mobile terminal device, and

the second display direction is a direction from the lower side of the mobile terminal device to the upper side of the mobile terminal device.

7. The mobile terminal device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a first speaker and a second speaker respectively disposed on an upper side and a lower side of a body of the mobile terminal device, and configured to output sound;

a first microphone and a second microphone respectively disposed on the upper side and the lower side of the body of the mobile terminal device, and configured to input sound; and

a setting switching module configured to set the first speaker and the second microphone respectively as a speaker to be operated and a microphone to be operated when the predetermined screen is displayed on the display surface in the first display direction, and configured to set the second speaker and the first microphone respectively as a speaker to be operated and a microphone to be operated when the predetermined screen is displayed on the display surface in the second display direction.

8. The mobile terminal device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a speaker configured to release a sound wave associated with sound to be output, and a vibration wave to be generated by vibration of a body of the mobile terminal device based on vibration associated with the sound to be output so as to transmit sound to the user.

9. The mobile terminal device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a first microphone and a second microphone respectively disposed on an upper side and a lower side of a body of the mobile terminal device, and configured to input sound; and

a setting switching module configured to set the second microphone as a microphone to be operated when the predetermined screen is displayed on the display surface in the first display direction, and configured to set the first microphone as a microphone to be operated when the predetermined screen is displayed on the display surface in the second display direction.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for operating a mobile terminal device provided with a display module including a display surface, and an operation receiving module configured to receive a first operation and a second operation from a user, the second operation being different from the first release operation, wherein the computer-executable instructions comprise:

setting a locked state, in which receiving of at least a part of operations from a user is restrained;

releasing the locked state and displaying a predetermined screen in a first display direction associated with the first release operation, if the first release operation is received; and

releasing the locked state and displaying the predetermined screen in a second display direction associated with the second release operation, if the second release operation is received, the second display direction being different from the first display direction.

11. A display control method, comprising:

setting a locked state, in which receiving of at least a part of operations from a user is restrained;

if a first release operation from a user is received, releasing the locked state and displaying a predetermined screen in a first display direction associated with the first release operation; and

if a second release operation from a user is received, releasing the locked state and displaying the predetermined screen in a second display direction associated with the second release operation, the second release operation being different from the first release operation, and the second display direction being different from the first display direction.